News has been received by Mrs Simon Fraser, jun, Bruce st, Toorak, of the death of her husband, Sqd Ldr Simon J. Fraser, RAAF, on Sunday following injuries received in a motor accident in Northern Australia on Saturday. Sqd-Ldr Fraser, who was 27, was the elder son of Mrs Simon Fraser, Trawalla av, Toorak, and the late Mr Simon Fraser, former well-known oarsman. His grandfather was the late Sir Simon Fraser.
Sqd-Ldr Fraser was educated at Melbourne GS, Melbourne University, and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he gained a swimming half blue. He also played ice hockey for the university, and rowed for his college. In 1939 he became a member of Melbourne Stock Exchange, and the same year enlisted in RAAF as a cadet. He had previously flown with Cambridge Air Squadron. His younger brother, Peter, is serving in the AIF. First call of Stock Exchange was adjourned for 5 minutes yesterday as a mark of respect.
'Fraser, Simon John (1915–1942)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/fraser-simon-john-19958/text31136, accessed 7 November 2024.
11 October,
1942
(aged ~ 27)
Darwin,
Northern Territory,
Australia